My best friend is like this. She isn't very depressed like she was when she started, but slitting is as addictive as smoking. She can't stop. She said the only way she can explain it is: You know when you really have to pee? And you've been waiting forever, and then you finally get to pee, and you know the relief you feel, all the stress that has been lifted off your shoulders, and you can finally relax? That's what it's like with slitting. You are anxious and uptight until you cut yourself, then it's pure relief.

Doing it for a "trend" is discusting. Some people have real problems and need real help, but when people just do it for attention, that is just dumb.